A Wise Man Is A Greater Asset

The Key To The Understanding And To The Full Comprehension Of All That The Prophets Have Said Is Found In The Knowledge Of The Figures, Their General Ideas, And The Meaning Of Each Word They Contain.

Now, We Occupy A Lowly Position, Both In Space And Rank In Comparison With The Heavenly Sphere, And The Almighty Is Most High Not In Space, But With Respect To Absolute Existence, Greatness And Power.

It Is Not Unreasonable To Assume That The Works Of God, Their Existence And Preceding Non-existence, Are The Result Of His Wisdom, But We Are Unable To Understand Many Of The Ways Of His Wisdom In His Works. On This Principle The Whole Law Of Moses Is Based; It Begins With This Principle: "and God Saw All That He Had Made, And Behold, It Was Very Good" (gen. I. 31); And It Ends With This Principle: "the Rock, Perfect Is His Work" (deut. Xxxii. 4). Note It.

Even When A Person Suffers Pain In Consequence Of A Thorn Having Entered Into His Hand, Although It Is At Once Drawn Out, It Is A Punishment That Has Been Inflicted On Him, And The Least Pleasure He Enjoys Is A Reward; All This Is Meted Out By Strict Justice; As Is Said In The Scripture, "all His Ways Are Judgement" (deut. Xxxii. 4); We Are Only Ignorant Of The Working Of That Judgement.

Know That The Difficulties Which Lead To Confusion In The Question What Is The Purpose Of The Universe Or Of Any Of Its Parts, Arise From Two Causes: First, Man Has An Erroneous Idea Of Himself, And Believes That The Whole World Exists Only For His Sake; Secondly, He Is Ignorant Both About The Nature Of The Sublunary World, And About The Creator's Intention To Give Existence To All Beings Whose Existence Is Possible, Because Existence Is Undoubtedly Good.